Who'll Win In November? Who Cares?

George Will points out that Democratic stalling tactics have created an environment in which no president can function, makin it highly unlikely that Kerry or Bush will be able to do much of anything as president.

Under Washington's new scorched-earth ethic of bitter partisanship, there is a supermajority requirement for any significant action. Nothing as important as increasing the progressivity of the income tax or confirming important judges can happen without the support of 60 senators. Both candidates' promises, and their warnings about what the other fellow will do, should cause voters to ask the calming question: Will 60 senators support that?